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A nation whose spring falls to decay,
She always craves for the good old days.
A poppy grows though from her dusty gems,
It also takes a gown of fading stems.¹

1.         Here poppy means a young man (of that nation), when every young man of a nation falls a prey to disappointment and makes no efforts for his revival. As such the nations can regain their lost prestige by efforts alone. �His� colour is pale due to disappointments of life.
(1)        From Raikhtan (infinitive), �me raezad is a present tense; falls, cause to fall.
(2)        Rang (colour), Rang preedan (inf.) rang-i-preedah means faded colour, (inf:), to grow pale. (from fear or astonishment).